diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/IntegrationNamespaceHandler.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/IntegrationNamespaceHandler.java
index 951b26a40d..c0312da256 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/IntegrationNamespaceHandler.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/IntegrationNamespaceHandler.java
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ public class IntegrationNamespaceHandler implements NamespaceHandler {
 			registerBeanDefinitionParser("aggregator", new AggregatorParser());
 			registerBeanDefinitionParser("resequencer", new ResequencerParser());
 			registerBeanDefinitionParser("header-enricher", new StandardHeaderEnricherParser());
+			registerBeanDefinitionParser("object-to-string-transformer", new ObjectToStringTransformerParser());
 			registerBeanDefinitionParser("inbound-channel-adapter", new MethodInvokingInboundChannelAdapterParser());
 			registerBeanDefinitionParser("outbound-channel-adapter", new MethodInvokingOutboundChannelAdapterParser());
 			registerBeanDefinitionParser("gateway", new GatewayParser());
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ObjectToStringTransformerParser.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ObjectToStringTransformerParser.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74c7ab5f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ObjectToStringTransformerParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.integration.config.xml;
+
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
+
+/**
+ * Parser for the 'object-to-string-transformer' element.
+ * 
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ */
+public class ObjectToStringTransformerParser extends AbstractTransformerParser {
+
+	@Override
+	protected String getTransformerClassName() {
+		return IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".transformer.ObjectToStringTransformer";
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void parseTransformer(Element element, ParserContext parserContext, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd
index 5eb395aabb..7c814e319f 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-1.0.xsd
@@ -591,6 +591,14 @@
 		</xsd:annotation>
 	</xsd:element>
 
+	<xsd:element name="object-to-string-transformer" type="inputOutputEndpointType">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:documentation>
+	Defines a Transformer that converts any Object payload to a String by invoking its toString() method.
+			</xsd:documentation>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+	</xsd:element>
+
 	<xsd:element name="filter">
 		<xsd:annotation>
 			<xsd:documentation>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ObjectToStringTransformerParserTests-context.xml b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ObjectToStringTransformerParserTests-context.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e515d9feb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ObjectToStringTransformerParserTests-context.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-1.0.xsd">
+
+	<channel id="directInput"/>
+
+	<channel id="queueInput">
+		<queue capacity="1"/>
+	</channel>
+
+	<channel id="output">
+		<queue capacity="1"/>
+	</channel>
+
+	<object-to-string-transformer input-channel="directInput" output-channel="output"/>
+
+	<object-to-string-transformer input-channel="queueInput" output-channel="output">
+		<poller>
+			<interval-trigger interval="10000"/>
+		</poller>
+	</object-to-string-transformer>
+
+</beans:beans>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ObjectToStringTransformerParserTests.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ObjectToStringTransformerParserTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93198c2ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ObjectToStringTransformerParserTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2008 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.integration.config.xml;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.PollableChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.GenericMessage;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.StringMessage;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class ObjectToStringTransformerParserTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("directInput")
+	private MessageChannel directInput;
+
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("queueInput")
+	private MessageChannel queueInput;
+
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("output")
+	private PollableChannel output;
+
+
+	@Test
+	public void directChannelWithStringMessage() {
+		directInput.send(new StringMessage("foo"));
+		Message<?> result = output.receive(0);
+		assertNotNull(result);
+		assertEquals("foo", result.getPayload());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void queueChannelWithStringMessage() {
+		queueInput.send(new StringMessage("foo"));
+		Message<?> result = output.receive(3000);
+		assertNotNull(result);
+		assertEquals("foo", result.getPayload());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void directChannelWithObjectMessage() {
+		directInput.send(new GenericMessage<TestBean>(new TestBean()));
+		Message<?> result = output.receive(0);
+		assertNotNull(result);
+		assertEquals("test", result.getPayload());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void queueChannelWithObjectMessage() {
+		queueInput.send(new GenericMessage<TestBean>(new TestBean()));
+		Message<?> result = output.receive(3000);
+		assertNotNull(result);
+		assertEquals("test", result.getPayload());
+	}
+
+
+	private static class TestBean {
+
+		public String toString() {
+			return "test";
+		}
+	}
+
+}